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Austin’s Longest-Running Stand-Up Showcase Ends After a Decade of Making Stars

Sure Thing is a wrap at 512

by Valerie Lopez

Five Big Nights Out for the Visual Arts

From folk traditions to fancy fundraisers, events that make galleries social

by Wayne Alan Brenner

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Review: Austin Playhouse's The Norwegians Revised revisiting of this dark comedy remains a guilty pleasure

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Review: Zach Theatre's The Girl Who Became Legend World premiere of epic Americana folktale delights young and old

Review: Deaf Austin Theatre's The Laramie Project Enhanced American Sign Language adds depth, dimension to "testimony's ambitious sister"

Review: Alchemy Theatre's Pipeline Weak choices undermine the hard-hitting angst that drives this play

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Flash over formidability defines this pop historical fiction

Bob Abelman • Oct. 4, 2023

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The iconic holiday marketplace returns Dec. 15-23

Jencie Tomasek • Sep. 26, 2023

Fusebox Takes the Electricity Across the Calendar

Arts festival rebrands, expands with year-round programming

Richard Whittaker • Sep. 26, 2023

Free Show: Esther's Follies Pays Tribute to Lyova Rosanoff

And you're invited to help them celebrate!

Wayne Alan Brenner • Sep. 22, 2023

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Wayne Alan Brenner, Sep. 8 issue

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Post-pandemic, Stephen Mills brings his career-defining Hamlet back to Ballet Austin

Richard Whittaker, Sep. 8 issue

Review: Georgetown Palace’s The Sound of Music

It may be paint-by-number, but this production captures the core of an old-fashioned musical

Bob Abelman, Sep. 8 issue

The War on the Walls in Yuliya Lanina's Mother/Land

The UT professor processes the personal impact of the Ukrainian invasion in her new multimedia installation

Richard Whittaker, Sep. 1 issue

Five Live and Legendary Austin Performances This Month

Local stages shake with terror, delight, and motion this September

Wayne Alan Brenner, Sep. 1 issue

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Theatrical bait and switch drives this intriguing, infuriating play

Bob Abelman, Sep. 1 issue

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Wear black as Louisianna Purchase closes the crypt on the horror-themed show

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